Hello and welcome to Quiet News Day. Our 103′rd episode is an absolute belter – filled to the brim with the best stories of the week from the world of social media, pulic relations and journalism.
This week, our dynamic duo of presenters, Scott Douglas and Peter Laing, analyse some of the biggest topics making the headlines including whether mobile flash and Silverlight are dying a quick death in the world of mobile technology, and how Stumbleupon is helping print media outlets.
The pair then turn their attention to twitter and social media, where they look at the world’s top news tweeters, how the Scottish Parliament has banned twitter during sessions, and the rise of Google plus for businesses.
As ever, all the links to the topics discussed are in the shownotes below.
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THE DEATH OF MOBILE FLASH (AND SILVERLIGHT)
The last rites for mobile Flash – http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/adobe-kills-mobile-flash/
Why Adobe failed – http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/09/why-adobe-failed/
Steve Jobs’ legendary death knell for Flash – http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/
Microsoft’s Silveright is next for the chop – http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/9/2548975/microsoft-may-halt-development-work-on-silverlight-after-next-release
THE UK’S MOST INFLUENTIAL MEDIA TWEETERS
Portland PR launch Newstweet Index – http://notebook.portland-communications.com/2011/11/portland-newstweet-index-reveals-movers-and-shakers-on-twitter/
Guardian report on Top 50 Media Tweeters (it dominates the table) – http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/nov/07/top-media-twitter#data
An explanation of how Tweetminster works – http://tweetminster.co.uk/pages/about
GOOGLE PLUS GATHERS STEAM
The profile of Carter Gibson, who accused Jason Calacanis of ‘stealing’ content on Google Plus – https://plus.google.com/115121555137256496805/posts
Google Plus finally launches brand pages – http://www.allfacebook.com/facebook-pages-google-plus-2011-11
Paul Armstrong tells Google Plus naysayers not to be lazy – http://mediablogged.mediaweek.co.uk/2011/11/10/google-brands-should-be-on-people-should-not-be-lazy/
